Background:This is a case where the applicant mother secretly recorded the respondent father making threats of violence against the children.
Counsel for the Applicant mother sought to tender these voice recordings and transcripts of these conversations, made without the father's consent, to the hearing.
The recordings and transcript were only provided to the father's legal representatives less than a week prior to the commencement of the hearing. This did not comply with the pre-trial directions for the filing of evidence.

Background:The mother is 42 years old and the father is 43 years old. The parties commenced a relationship in 1999 when they were in their late twenties.
The case involves competing claims of domestic violence and alleged child abuse.
To support his case, the father has submitted transcripts of recorded conversations between himself and the mother. These recordings were made covertly, without the knowledge of the mother.